Dental Crowns in Costa Mesa

In all cases, your dentist will approach restorative care in the most conservative way possible. In some instances, tooth decay or damage is too extensive for a filling to be the appropriate treatment. When this is the case, your best option is the dental crown. When we place dental crowns in Costa Mesa, we use either gold or porcelain.

Dental crowns are created in a lab from a mold taken after the tooth has been prepared. We use gold crowns because of the biocompatibility of the material. When using gold, there is less risk of delicate gum tissue becoming irritated when the permanent crown is placed. In addition to causing little irritation, gold is also highly durable. This makes the material ideal for use in crowns on molars, as this is where the most forceful bite occurs. Because you want your dental crowns to last as long as possible, it is wise to consider the fact that many patients never need to have their gold crowns replaced.

The most successful dental crowns are a combination of strong materials and excellent fit. Using gold, your dentist can design a long-lasting restoration. When compared to the other types of crowns available, gold has a more accurate fit. Other materials have the potential to shrink during the application process, which can affect the security of the fit.

Although gold crowns are barely visible in the smile when used to restore molars, many people are averse to leaving a metal crown uncovered. For this reason, porcelain fused to gold may be used. Porcelain displays many of the innate characteristics present in healthy teeth, such as the refraction of light and translucency. Because of their ability to blend perfectly with other teeth, porcelain crowns are used to restore damaged front teeth, and can be used over a crown with a gold base.

Our approach to dental crowns in Costa Mesa is to bring you back to excellent oral health. By using the most suitable materials to fabricate our crowns, we can give you years of healthy oral function.



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